News from FlightGlobal – Page 1335
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FARNBOROUGH 2008: CSeries kicks off with $2.8bn Lufthansa orders
Bombardier yesterday launched its long-awaited CSeries on the back of a $2.8 billion order from Lufthansa.
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FARNBOROUGH 2008: Composites are key for GKN
GKN is basing much of its future growth projections on composites technology. Alan Dron reports on how the company hopes to double its turnover by 2017
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FARNBOROUGH 2008: Tapping the market for a mobile flown
After years of jumping through airworthiness hoops and fending off the air-rage lobby, the onboard mobile phone providers are beginning to see their efforts pay off.
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Aeroflot becomes Il-96-400T launch customer after Atlant-Soyuz defers deliveries
Aeroflot has agreed to take three Ilyushin Il-96-400Ts this year after the widebody freighter's intended launch customer Atlant-Soyuz renegotiated its 2006...
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European parliament votes in favour of CO2 cuts
The European Parliament voted this week 640 to 30 in favour of requiring all airlines flying into community airports to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 3%...
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Second Kalitta 747-200 in six weeks destroyed in crash landing
All eight people on board a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 freighter that came down near Bogotá airport in Colombia survived the accident, despite the fact that...
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Caribbean mourns US capacity cuts
Caribbean tourism leaders are increasingly concerned that the region will lose its air connections as US majors shrink departures from San Juan in Puerto...
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Airbus and Boeing neck and neck after strong first-half performance
Airbus and Boeing have had another strong first half, accumulating almost 1,000 net orders and...
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Industry urged to reach agreement emissions trading
Global aviation could be "drinking at the last chance saloon" should it fail to resolve the vexed issue of an internationally accepted basis for emissions...